[GSAS-Member] Shocked by Algae

[steev ward <steevward@mac.com>]

I'm shocked as well!

I took a class in Phycology (the study of algae) at the UW about ten years ago 
and
was taught that algae occurred in SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINGDOMS. I'm kind of sorry 
to
see that they've all been lumped into Protista now. Except for the BlueGreen 
algae
(Cyanobacteria)- those are in a different domain  with the bacteria still. Some
people want to stop calling them algae but I think the name "algae" is a 
colloqial
one now and not a scientific term anymore.

All this changing of Kingdoms is a relatively new thing. And it is changing all 
the
time. A few years back they were trying to make Cnidaria (anemones and 
jellyfish)
into its own kingdom. Go figure.


Steev

haika@drizzle.com wrote:

> You can be shocked once again....I had to look this up cuz I figured a
> green thing that photosynthesized was a plant. And heck, I'm supposed to
> know this stuff too. But it's been over 30 years since I worried about
> systematics at that level, and it's just one of those things I've
> forgotten. Algae is in the kingdom Protista...for those of you scratching
> your heads.

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